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The Daily Dispatch: June 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], Some incidents of the battles. (search)
Some incidents of the battles.
Chickahominy Swamp, June th 1862. To the Editors of the Dispatch:
In the flurry and excitement of the present state of in the Southern Confederacy, we are to overlook the truly deserving, and give place to the first account.
I, who was a participant in the battles of Saturday and Sunday, write only to do justice to some of the gallant heroes of these battles.
The deeds of the brave should always be chronicled, both in justice to them and as an incitement to gallant deeds in others.
Where all behaved so well, it would be hard to establish the pre-eminence ofany; but I would speak particularly of the patience and heroism exhibited by the 8th Virginia and 5th North Carolina regiments, both of whom were almost annihilated by the destructive fire of the enemy.
Wading up to the waist in mud and water, exposed to a murderous fire of the enemy without a chance of returning it effectually, they fought throughout that bloody day with a fierce va